Nepal suffered a 10-run defeat at the hands of West Indies A in the second of the five-match series played at TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur, Kathmandu on Sunday. The visitors set a 161-run target for Nepal and restricted them to 150-9.

Electing to bat first after winning the toss, West Indies A had a shaky start as they lost openers Johnson Charles and Alick Athanaze early at 11 and six runs respectively.

However, Andre Fletcher steadied the innings with a composed knock of 43 runs off 36 deliveries with three sixes before losing his wicket to Dipendra Singh Airee in 17.5 overs. Roston Chase contributed 23 runs as Gudakesh Motie’s blazing innings of 33 runs off just eight balls helped the visitors to set a decent target against the Rhinos.

For Nepal, Sagar Dhakal and Kushal Bhurtel took two wickets each in their four-over spell as Sompal Kami and Dipendra Singh Airee grabbed a wicket apiece.

In the run chase, Nepal lost opener Kushal Bhurtel for two runs in 3.4 overs. Anil Sah was sent back to the pavilion for one run in 4.4 overs. Opener Lokesh Bam looked promising with his fluent stroke play but failed to convert his start into a substantial score. Bam lost his wicket to Gudakesh Motie for 17 runs in 5.5 overs.

Rohit Paudel put in a heroic effort, playing a captain’s innings with an unbeaten 71 off 48 balls. Gulsan Jha’s brief cameo of 25 runs off 11 balls injected some excitement into the crowd. But were restricted to 150-9 on the board at the end of the stipulated 20 overs.

For West Indies, Gudakesh Motie and Obed McCoy took two wickets each while Oshane Thomas and Roston Chase took a wicket apiece.

With the victory, the visiting team have levelled the five-match series 1-1.

With skipper Rohit Paudel’s blistering century, Nepal had defeated West Indies A by four wickets in the first T20 on Saturday.